The BioEntrepreneur Workshop is designed to help faculty and students learn the practical aspects starting a biomedical/life science company. Over the course of this two-day workshop, experienced entrepreneurs will coach attendees on how to evaluate the commercial potential of their technology, define the first steps in starting a company and assemble a startup roadmap for taking the next steps in launching the company.

Chapel Hill and the surrounding community pull out the pink and all the stops during the month of October to benefit UNC’s Comprehensive Cancer Support Program – it’s 31 days of full out, fuchsia filled fun!

The CAS Seminar Series hosts speakers from all over the world, representing many different areas of research relating to addiction medicine. These experts share their findings and methods, and exchange scientific viewpoints with faculty and students.

Clinical trials conducted in academic health centers (AHCs) are critical for the generation of the evidence base. Although typically well controlled, such trials may not reflect the diverse demography of the US, particularly in regard to vulnerable populations. Community translation research begins with understanding methods that drive evidence-based findings, which are then modified to take into account culture, customs, language, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, insurance status or other factors that describe populations not often enrolled in clinical trials at AHCs. The translational research process may be qualitative or quantitative, and often involves implementation research that explores novel methods that bridge barriers to vulnerable populations, or dissemination
research, that leads to the generation of novel tools or products that may be widely disseminated.

This workshop is intended to be an introduction to research approaches that involve communities as research partners. The workshop will introduce community-based participatory research (CBPR), and cover the rational, benefits, and challenges of this approach. It will also describe various organizations, institutions and opportunities to help you engage in participatory research.